It’s common — not just for kids, but also for active adults — to get hurt playing sports, particularly contact sports. A primary area of damage is the face, with sports-related dental injuries ranging anywhere from minor chips to a completely knocked-out tooth.
You always hope it won’t ever come to it, but sometimes an emergency dental appointment is essential. Virginia H. Ellis, DDS, of Virginia H. Ellis, DDS Dental Corp. in Orinda, California, is a qualified emergency dentist who can help resolve a wide range of serious and time-sensitive dental problems. Here’s what you need to know about when emergency dentistry is necessary.
If you crack a tooth, you need to treat the situation as an emergency and schedule an urgent appointment with Virginia H. Ellis, DDS Dental Corp. in Orinda, California.
Imagine these scenarios: You’re at your son’s baseball game, and he knocks a tooth loose while sliding into home plate. You have pain in your jaw that begins to throb and cause ear pain. You bite down too hard on a piece of candy and chip a tooth or loosen a filling.
Unfortunately, accidents happen. And sometimes you need to see an emergency dentist to put things right. Virginia H. Ellis, DDS Dental Corp., is an expert in emergency dentistry, and she has treated many serious and time-sensitive dental problems at her practice, Virginia H. Ellis, DDS Dental Corp., in Orinda, California. In this blog, she explains three signs that you need to see an emergency dentist.
